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The Home Dressmaker 
The Little Things. —The first thing 
to consider in economical dressing is to 
bny things that will harmonize, and to 
stick to a color scheme that is becoming. 
The next thing is to forget one’s clothes, 
so that they are worn unconsciously. A 
girl Avho only feels that she is prettil.v 
dressed when she wears her “good clothes” 
on special occasions is sure to look self- 
conscious, and consequently awkward, 
(’olors and styles are a matter of per¬ 
sonal taste, but a hat. a separate coat 
or a tailored suit, should always be 
bought with the idea of harmony with the 
rest of the wearer’s wardrobe. ^Vhile 
white organdie. Straps of plain organdie 
come down from the waist on either side 
of the skirt, being cut in one piece wdth 
a band of organdie, five inches wide, that 
goes around the skirt. This band had 
vertical pin tucks half an inch apart, and 
both tucked band and vertical straps were 
edged with a piping of plain blue ging¬ 
ham. An unusual feature of the organdie 
trimming was that it was attached to the 
skirt by .snap fasteners, which held it in 
jdace, without making it absolutely flat, 
so that it gave a pocket effect aroiind the 
sides. The fact that this trimming could 
be taken off for laundering is a great con- 
shades of plum and amethyst, warm venience, a.s the organdie needs slightly 
browns and some grays are usually be- different treatment from the stouter ging- 
coming to an elderly woman, we often ham, and this plan is worth considering, 
find that black is more “dressy looking” There are many cases where white .trirn- 
fhan a color, because it gives better lines mings on a darker material, or on one un¬ 
to an elderly figure, and can be lightened suitable for laundering, could be used in 
by a handsome collar or well-selected hat. this way. The waist had deep collar and 
In buying a tailored suit a girl should cuffs of the tucked organdie, the collar 
always consider whether it fits in with being tucked to within inches of the 
the colors she usually wears, for if it does edge, so that it flared out into a frill at 
not, things she already has may be so in- the border. This dress could be made 
harmonious that they cannot be worn easily, and is very inexpensive, but ex- 
with the new su.t, without spoiling the ceedingly pretty. As seen, the model was 
effect. In Summer one has more latitude a young girl’s dress, but the same sur- 
in color, because a white or light-colored plice waist and skirt trimmed with a bias 
hat may be worn with different cotton band would be becoming to an older 
materials, and they are le.ss exi)ensive 
than Winter woolens, but at any season 
harmony in color selection will be the 
foundation of a tasteful and economical 
wardrobe. 
Simplicity in Gingha.m. —In the first 
picture a simple but very pretty gingham 
dress is shown. The model was light 
blue and white gingham in a large check. 
The surplice waist is a very popular style 
in all sorts of materials this season, and 
is much used in gingham, voile and other 
cotton materials, and also silk and crepe 
de chine. The straight gathered skirt had 
a five-inch bias baud around it nearly 
half way up, this band being put on like 
a milliner’s fold, stitched on flat at the 
top. Further trimming consists of tucked 
woman, the organdie skirt trimming being 
omitted, and some pretty style of pocket 
substituted. A line smooth gingham in 
small check of black and white or dark 
blue and white would be very attractive, 
and would save washing. The organdie 
collar would be especially pretty.' but a 
plain collar of pique could be used if de¬ 
sired. 
Striped Percale. —There is a clean 
crispne.ss about striped percale that 
makes it most desirable for a Summer 
dress, and the model figured at the right 
in the same group as the gingham shows 
a very iittractive use of this material. 
The fabric is red and white striped per¬ 
cale, quarter-inch stripes about an inch 
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This means that the 
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